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STEFAN KLUZEK's Outputs (33)

Association of serum biomarkers with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, knee pain and function in a young, male, trauma-exposed population – Findings from the ADVANCE study (2024)
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O'Sullivan, O., Stocks, J., Schofield, S., Bilzon, J., Boos, C. J., Bull, A. M., Fear, N. T., Watt, F. E., Bennett, A. N., Kluzek, S., & Valdes, A. M. (2024). Association of serum biomarkers with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, knee pain and function in a young, male, trauma-exposed population – Findings from the ADVANCE study. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 32(12), 1636-1646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2024.07.016

Objective: The ArmeD SerVices TrAuma RehabilitatioN OutComE (ADVANCE) study is investigating long-term combat-injury outcomes; this sub-study aims to understand the association of osteoarthritis (OA) biomarkers with knee radiographic OA (rOA), pain a... Read More about Association of serum biomarkers with radiographic knee osteoarthritis, knee pain and function in a young, male, trauma-exposed population – Findings from the ADVANCE study.

Comparing Self-Reported Running Distance and Pace With a Commercial Fitness Watch Data: Reliability Study (2024)
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Bullock, G., Stocks, J., Feakins, B., Alizadeh, Z., Arundale, A., & Kluzek, S. (2024). Comparing Self-Reported Running Distance and Pace With a Commercial Fitness Watch Data: Reliability Study. JMIR Formative Research, 8(1), Article e39211. https://doi.org/10.2196/39211

Background There is substantial evidence exploring the reliability of running distance self-reporting and GPS wearable technology, but there are currently no studies investigating the reliability of participant self-reporting in comparison to GPS wea... Read More about Comparing Self-Reported Running Distance and Pace With a Commercial Fitness Watch Data: Reliability Study.

Knee MRI biomarkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year from ACL injury - A systematic review (2023)
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O’Sullivan, O., Ladlow, P., Steiner, K., Kuyser, D., Ali, O., Stocks, J., …Kluzek, S. (2023). Knee MRI biomarkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year from ACL injury - A systematic review. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open, 5(3), Article 100385. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100385

Introduction
Osteoarthritis (OA) results from various aetiologies, including joint morphology, biomechanics, inflammation, and injury. The latter is implicated in post-traumatic OA, which offers a paradigm to identify potential biomarkers enabling e... Read More about Knee MRI biomarkers associated with structural, functional and symptomatic changes at least a year from ACL injury - A systematic review.

Osteoarthritis in the UK Armed Forces: a review of its impact, treatment and future research (2023)
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O'Sullivan, O., Behan, F. P., Coppack, R. J., Stocks, J., Kluzek, S., Valdes, A. M., & Bennett, A. N. (2024). Osteoarthritis in the UK Armed Forces: a review of its impact, treatment and future research. BMJ Military Health, 170(4), 359-364. https://doi.org/10.1136/military-2023-002390

Within the UK Armed Forces, musculoskeletal injuries account for over half of all medical downgrades and discharges. Data from other Armed Forces show that osteoarthritis (OA), more common in military personnel, is likely to contribute to this, both... Read More about Osteoarthritis in the UK Armed Forces: a review of its impact, treatment and future research.

Return to performance following severe ankle, knee, and hip injuries in National Basketball Association players (2022)
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Bullock, G. S., Ferguson, T., Arundale, A. H., Martin, C. L., Collins, G. S., & Kluzek, S. (2022). Return to performance following severe ankle, knee, and hip injuries in National Basketball Association players. PNAS Nexus, 1(4), Article pgac176. https://doi.org/10.1093/pnasnexus/pgac176

The purpose of this study was to compare basketball performancemarkers 1 y prior to initial severe lower extremity injury, including ankle, knee, and hip injuries, to 1 and 2 y following injury during the regular National Basketball Association (NBA)... Read More about Return to performance following severe ankle, knee, and hip injuries in National Basketball Association players.

Response to Comment on: “Black Box Prediction Methods in Sports Medicine Deserve a Red Card for Reckless Practice: A Change of Tactics is Needed to Advance Athlete Care” (2022)
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Bullock, G. S., Hughes, T., Arundale, A. H., Ward, P., Collins, G. S., & Kluzek, S. (2022). Response to Comment on: “Black Box Prediction Methods in Sports Medicine Deserve a Red Card for Reckless Practice: A Change of Tactics is Needed to Advance Athlete Care”. Sports Medicine, 52, 2799-2801. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40279-022-01737-5

Assessment of Fatigue and Recovery in Sport: Narrative Review (2022)
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Bestwick-Stevenson, T., Toone, R., Neupert, E., Edwards, K., & Kluzek, S. (2022). Assessment of Fatigue and Recovery in Sport: Narrative Review. International Journal of Sports Medicine, 43(14), 1151-1162. https://doi.org/10.1055/a-1834-7177

Fatigue is a phenomenon associated with decreases in both physical and cognitive performances and increases in injury occurrence. Competitive athletes are required to complete demanding training programs with high workloads to elicit the physiologica... Read More about Assessment of Fatigue and Recovery in Sport: Narrative Review.

Temporal trends in incidence of time-loss injuries in four male professional North American sports over 13 seasons (2021)
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Bullock, G. S., Murray, E., Vaughan, J., & Kluzek, S. (2021). Temporal trends in incidence of time-loss injuries in four male professional North American sports over 13 seasons. Scientific Reports, 11, Article 8278. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-87920-6

Sports-related injuries increase healthcare cost burden, and in some instances have harmful long term physical and psychological implications. There is currently a lack of comprehensive data on temporal injury trends across professional North America... Read More about Temporal trends in incidence of time-loss injuries in four male professional North American sports over 13 seasons.

Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown? (2020)
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Shur, N., Johns, . D., Kluzek, S., & Peirce, N. (2020). Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown?. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 6(1), Article e000903. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000903

Government-restricted movement during the coronavirus pandemic in various countries around the world has led to rapid and fundamental changes in our health behaviour. As well as being at a higher risk of contracting and being hospitalised with COVID-... Read More about Physical inactivity and health inequality during coronavirus: a novel opportunity or total lockdown?.

Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Synovitis on MRI and the Relationship with Symptoms in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis (2020)
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Perry, T., Yang, X., van Santen, J., Arden, N., & Kluzek, S. (2021). Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Synovitis on MRI and the Relationship with Symptoms in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis. Journal of Rheumatology, 60(4), 1763-1773. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa619

Objectives: Synovitis in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is common and is associated with joint symptoms. Optimal synovial measurement on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is however, unclear. Our aims were to examine the relationship between MR... Read More about Quantitative and Semi-Quantitative Assessment of Synovitis on MRI and the Relationship with Symptoms in Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis.

Current management strategies in Osgood Schlatter: A cross-sectional mixed-method study (2020)
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Lyng, K. D., Rathleff, M. S., Dean, B. J. F., Kluzek, S., & Holden, S. (2020). Current management strategies in Osgood Schlatter: A cross-sectional mixed-method study. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, 30(10), 1985-1991. https://doi.org/10.1111/sms.13751

Background: Osgood Schlatter disease (OSD) is the most common knee condition in adolescent athletes aged 9-16. Without evidence to guide clinical practice, it is unclear how OSD is managed. The aim of this study was to investigate how international h... Read More about Current management strategies in Osgood Schlatter: A cross-sectional mixed-method study.

The presentation, diagnosis and management of non-traumatic wrist pain: an evaluation of current practice in secondary care in the UK NHS (2020)
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Dean, B. J., Carr, A., Trickett, R. W., Kluzek, S., Riley, N., Bretherton, C. P., …Cheng, C. (2020). The presentation, diagnosis and management of non-traumatic wrist pain: an evaluation of current practice in secondary care in the UK NHS. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 4(2), Article rkaa030. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkaa030

Objectives. The study aims were to assess the burden of non-traumatic wrist pain in terms of numbers of referrals to secondary care and to characterize how patients present, are diagnosed and are managed in secondary care in the UK National Health Se... Read More about The presentation, diagnosis and management of non-traumatic wrist pain: an evaluation of current practice in secondary care in the UK NHS.

The presentation, diagnosis and management of non-traumatic wrist pain: an evaluation of current practice in secondary care in the UK NHS (2020)
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Dean, B. J., Carr, A., Trickett, R. W., Kluzek, S., Riley, N., Bretherton, C. P., …As-Sultany, M. (2020). The presentation, diagnosis and management of non-traumatic wrist pain: an evaluation of current practice in secondary care in the UK NHS. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 4(2), Article rkaa030. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkaa030

Abstract
Objectives
The study aims were to assess the burden of non-traumatic wrist pain in terms of numbers of referrals to secondary care, and to characterise how patients present, are diagnosed and are managed in secondary care in the United Kin... Read More about The presentation, diagnosis and management of non-traumatic wrist pain: an evaluation of current practice in secondary care in the UK NHS.

Pain trajectory defines knee osteoarthritis subgroups: a prospective observational study (2020)
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Radojčić, M. R., Arden, N. K., Yang, X., Strauss, V. Y., Birrell, F., Cooper, C., …VIDEO Trial Investigators. (2020). Pain trajectory defines knee osteoarthritis subgroups: a prospective observational study. PAIN, 161(12), 2841-2851. https://doi.org/10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001975

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is a heterogeneous disease, and identification of its subgroups/phenotypes can improve patient treatment and drug development. We aimed to identify homogeneous OA subgroups/phenotypes using pain development over time; to unde... Read More about Pain trajectory defines knee osteoarthritis subgroups: a prospective observational study.

Conservative management of fifth metacarpal head fracture in a professional cricketer: A case study and literature review (2020)
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Pandya, T., Dale, S., Donnison, E., & Kluzek, S. (2020). Conservative management of fifth metacarpal head fracture in a professional cricketer: A case study and literature review. Clinical Case Reports, 8(9), 1682-1685. https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.2960

Diagnosis of fifth metacarpal head fracture with collateral ligament injuries can be difficult. We present a case of a professional cricketer with a fifth metacarpal head fracture. who played a match before pain made the injury obvious. Following im... Read More about Conservative management of fifth metacarpal head fracture in a professional cricketer: A case study and literature review.

Symptomatic stress reaction of the humerus in a professional cricketer (2019)
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Beech, M., Nagra, N. S., Wedatilake, T., & Kluzek, S. (2019). Symptomatic stress reaction of the humerus in a professional cricketer. BMJ Case Reports, 12(9), Article e227088. https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-227088

A symptomatic bone stress reaction is an early pathological feature, which can lead to stress fractures. It typically affects bones of the lower limbs in response to unaccustomed disproportional compressive loading. Professional sportspeople are susc... Read More about Symptomatic stress reaction of the humerus in a professional cricketer.

Machine-learning for osteoarthritis research (2019)
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Kluzek, S., & Mattei, T. (2019). Machine-learning for osteoarthritis research. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 27(7), 977-978. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joca.2019.04.005

Machine learning (ML) algorithms have the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being specifically directed. There has been great optimism that such techniques may improve scientific biomedical research in several fields1... Read More about Machine-learning for osteoarthritis research.

Risk of Injury in Royal Air Force Training: Does Sex Really Matter? (2018)
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Fallowfield, J. L., Leiper, R. G., Shaw, A. M., Whittamore, D. R., Lanham-New, S. A., Allsopp, A. J., …Sanchez-Santos, M. T. (2020). Risk of Injury in Royal Air Force Training: Does Sex Really Matter?. Military Medicine, 185(1-2), 170–177. https://doi.org/10.1093/milmed/usy177

Introduction

Musculoskeletal injuries are common during military and other occupational physical training programs. Employers have a duty of care to reduce employees’ injury risk, where females tend to be at greater risk than males. However, quant... Read More about Risk of Injury in Royal Air Force Training: Does Sex Really Matter?.

Therapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with patellar tendon related pain: a systematic review (2018)
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Cairns, G., Owen, T., Kluzek, S., Thurley, N., Holden, S., Rathleff, M. S., & Dean, B. J. F. (2018). Therapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with patellar tendon related pain: a systematic review. BMJ Open Sport and Exercise Medicine, 4(1), Article e000383. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjsem-2018-000383

Objective: Evaluate effectiveness and harms of interventions for patellar tendon related pain in children and adolescents.

Design: Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Data sources: Medline via Pubmed, Embase via OVID, CINAHL via Ebsco, SportDi... Read More about Therapeutic interventions in children and adolescents with patellar tendon related pain: a systematic review.